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Senior citizens had complained of lack of proper policies for the elderly in the state, in a letter to HC.

Union Budget: Govt exempts Rs 50k interest income for senior citizens

Deduction limit for health insurance and medical expenditure has been raised from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 under Section...

1 Feb 2018 11:30 AM GMT

A day after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claimed that demonetisation has left Maoists and separatists in Jammu and Kashmir fund-starved, the Congress party on Monday said the he should validate his claims. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley raises MUDRA lending target to Rs 4 lakh crore for FY'19

Of the total loan accounts, 76 per cent are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to SCs, STs and OBCs.

1 Feb 2018 11:16 AM GMT

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018: Free LPG to 8 cr poor women under Ujjwala scheme

The percentage of working women has declined from 36 per cent being employed in 2005-06 to 24 per cent of women employed...

1 Feb 2018 11:12 AM GMT

For the week, the Sensex lost 448.86 points, or 1.69 per cent, while the broader NSE Nifty dropped 153.70 points, or 1.88 per cent.

Budget belies market hopes, Sensex ends in red

The NSE Nifty saw volatility and ended at 11,016.90, down 10.80 points, or 0.10 per cent.

1 Feb 2018 11:03 AM GMT

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Parliament. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Twitter reacts to Union Budget 2018

Jaitley said the focus of Budget is agriculture and rural economy, health, infrastructure and senior citizens.

1 Feb 2018 10:59 AM GMT

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

1 Feb 2018 10:48 AM GMT

At the end of the five-day auction, nearly 60 per cent of the spectrum had remained unsold.

Govt expects Rs 48,661.42 crore from telecom sector in FY19

Govt earns revenue in the form of mainly licence fees and spectrum usage charges from telecom operators.

1 Feb 2018 10:06 AM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget development-friendly and said it would strengthen the vision of a new India. (Photo: PTI)

Budget has free healthcare for 10 cr poor, sops for farmers; Modi...

Salaried get back standard deduction of 40k; govt taxes long-term capital gains in equity.

1 Feb 2018 10:02 AM GMT

The CPEC is a network of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan that will connect Chinas Xinjiang province with Gwadar port in Pakistans Balochistan province. (Photo: AFP)

Budget 2018: Boost to economy, Rs 5.97 lakh cr allocated for...

In his Budget address, Finance Minister Jaitley termed infrastructure as 'growth driver' of the economy.

1 Feb 2018 9:36 AM GMT

Companies that will run these airports have been given some concessions for fuel and electricity.

UDAN to connect 56 unserved airports, says Jaitley

Govt has proposed expansion of airport capacity by more than five times to handle a billion trips a year under a new...

1 Feb 2018 9:25 AM GMT

The Union Budget 2018 announced an upward revision of salaries of the President, Vice-President and Governors. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018: Salary raise for Prez, VP, guvs; know how much they'll...

The budget proposes salary hike of the President to Rs 5 lakh, vice-president to Rs 4 lakh and governors of states to Rs...

1 Feb 2018 9:12 AM GMT

Experts said that the allocation of funds for school education should be proportionate to the requirement.

Budget 2018: Education cess raised to 4 pc, no division in schools

Jaitley proposed to launch a scheme to revitalise research-based education with Rs 1 lakh crore in the next four years.

1 Feb 2018 9:10 AM GMT